Staff Picks
Homeschooling World History of the Modern Age
- Laura Rogers
- Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Collection
Studying the Industrial Revolution? Looking for books about World War II? Make a diorama, try a recipe from the Great Depression, and read about famous people that shaped the modern world.
Create lessons about everything from Abraham Lincoln to the Cold War for free at your library.
The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, 1920-1940.
Published in 2010
Describes in graphic novel format the period from the Harding administration through the New Deal, and includes the return of the Ku Klux Klan, the spread of the automobile, the Scopes Trial, Prohibition, the Depression, the Bonus March, and other events.
Voices of Carolina Slave Children
Published in 1999
The Modern Age
Published in 2006
Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the globe. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of the modern world. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, weaving world history into a storybook format. This volume covers the major historical events from Queen Victoria's reign to the end of the USSR.
The Story of the World. Volume 4, Activity Book 4
The Modern Age, from Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR
Published in 2005
Chronological history of the modern age, from 1850 to 2000.
The Story of the World. Volume 4, The Modern Age, from Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR
Published in 2005
Chronological history of the modern age, from 1850 to 2000.
Diary of William Bircher
A Civil War Drummer
Published in 2014
"Presents excerpts from the diary of William Bircher, a 15-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Through My Eyes
Published in 1999
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
She Persisted
13 American Women Who Changed the World
Published in 2017
Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
We Will Not Be Silent
The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
Published in 2016
"In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging Germans to defy the Nazi government. Their belief that freedom was worth dying for will inspire young readers to stand up for what they believe in. Archival photographs and prints, source notes, bibliography, index."-- Provided by publisher.
Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender
The True Story of a Civil War Spy
Published in 2011
A picture book biography of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who served as a spy in the Union Army during the Civil War.
When Were the First Slaves Set Free During the Civil War?
And Other Questions About the Emancipation Proclamation
Published in 2011
Discover the clever plan behind Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and learn how it freed the first slaves.
The Boy on the Wooden Box
How the Impossible Became Possible... on Schindler's List
Published in 2013
Traces the story of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson, who was the youngest child in his family and possibly the youngest of the hundreds of Jews rescued by Oskar Schindler.
No Pretty Pictures
A Child of War
Published in 1998
The author, known as an illustrator of children's books, describes her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for years in Sweden afterwards.
Baseball Saved Us
Published in 1993
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
The Industrial Revolution for Kids
The People and Technology That Changed the World
Published in 2014
"THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION FOR KIDS introduces young readers to the Industrial Revolution not only through the usual people, places, and inventions of the time--the incredibly wealthy Rockefellers and Carnegies, dirty and dangerous factories, and new forms of transportation and communication--but also through the eyes of everyday workers, kids, sports figures, and social activists whose names never appear in history books"-- Provided by publisher.
Truce
The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Published in 2009
Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914 and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional source material.
What Was the Vietnam War?
Published in 2019
"Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American troops. Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, Jim O'Connor explains why the US got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America"-- Provided by publisher.
World War II
Published in 2017
Examines the historical events the Magic Tree House book "World at War, 1944" is based on, discussing the causes of the war and D-Day with photographs and illustrations.
A Long Walk to Water
Based on a True Story
Published in 2011
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven.
The Butterfly
Published in 2000
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
World War I for Kids
A History with 21 Activities
Published in 2014
Explores the defining conflict that involved all the world's superpowers--including how it began, what a soldier's daily life was like, the role of zeppelins, key figures, and how it ended--and features hands-on activities that illuminate both the war and the times.
Lincoln's Grave Robbers
Published in 2012
Describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader, and how a fledging Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation.
Hidden Figures [Young Reader's Edition]
The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space
Published in 2016
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes.
Leon's Story
Published in 1997
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
Wolf Hollow
Published in 2016
"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"-- Provided by publisher.
Breaking Stalin's Nose
Published in 2011
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.